Today we: had a new student join our classroom, Mehar. Speaking only Arabic, Yasmine was kind enough to give him support today, and Google Translate was a very helpful tool. It is wonderful to be back in the classroom and see all of the smiling faces we missed over break!
In math, we introduced the Patterns unit with a Fibonacci exercise. This is an increasing pattern sequence coined by the man as named. Students were tasked with finding the pattern rule based on a problem about rabbits multiplying which was followed by a story that illustrated the pattern. For example, every newborn pair of rabbits needs one month to mature, and every month an adult pair of rabbits produces another pair of rabbits. We started with one pair and we were calculating how many by the end of one year.
For Language Arts, we stepped back into our Words Their Way program, picking up where we left off before the break. Some students were catching up from what they missed in the last week, and others refreshed their memories on their word and sound patterns.
Music and P.E. filled most of the afternoon. The students got to play some dodgeball tag games such as Snowball Fight and Elephant Ball. Running through the gym with energy and laughter, it was a successful movement activity.
We ended the day with and art critique of a painting that demonstrated the style of Pointillism. The painting was called La Femme Fatale and it was of a woman in a beret hat, using dots to shape and fill the woman's face and shoulders. The students were very engaged with the style of art, and had many critiques and praises to give the artist.
Happy to be back in the classroom and looking forward to a week of exciting tasks!
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